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"I thought, if I kill myself, it's letting him win. It's probably what he wants, so then it stays a secret."

Through tears, the woman said she would sometimes "scratch herself" so she would "feel pain".

Doyle pleaded not guilty yesterday to eight counts of indecently assaulting a girl under 12, 15 against a girl aged 12-16, eight counts of having an unlawful sexual connection, one indecent act or assault on a child, three on a young person, two counts of committing an indecent act/intent to offend (alternative charge), and seven counts of rape.

Crown prosecutor Harry Mallalieu said the alleged offending happened between 1999 and 2014, and began when each of the complainants were about 9 or 10 years old. He detailed numerous occasions where Doyle allegedly indecently touched the girls, rubbed himself against them, ejaculated on them, masturbated in front of them, or raped them.

"[He] told [one complainant] he was going to hurt her family if she told on him."

One of the girls went to the police in 2010, "but at that stage she was not in a place, if you like, where she felt she was able to pursue any allegations against him".